Falu Red

A lot of homes are painted deep red. The paint originated from the copper mine at Falun in Dalarna, Sweden which operated since the mid-13th century and closed in 1992. Extracting of copper and gold from the Great Copper Mountain is believed to be the oldest still-existing enterprise in the world. 


The paint consists of water, rye flour, linseed oil and mine residue which contain silicates,  iron oxides, copper compounds and zinc. The actual colour differs depending on how much the oxide is burnt. You also see a dark green colour, Falu Grön which has been produced by mixing black and ochre.


Falu red is effective in preserving wood and remains a popular choice.

Heirloom Rice from the Philippines

I received an email from Vicky Garcia, the RICE Ino-Director. 


It read in part, "Greetings from Manila, Philippines! It's a gorgeous Saturday here and enjoying my first nice weekend since we got back 2 weeks ago :-) You know-adjustments and catching up crazy mode at work!!! Anyway, my name is Vicky. We had the last opportunity to know each other as delegates at the Lulea to Stockholm airport. We were all rushing and quite confused when you found us. I was with the group of Malaysian, Indonesian and with me were two men trying to get our boarding ticket from the machine, remember!"

Here's the website for the Cordillera Heirloom Rice Project.

http://www.heirloomrice.com/

Pics from Cordillera Rice

Thoughts

Discussions about altering the paths of the earth to allow for our need for energy and connectivity have not included much of the dialogue of the people whose lives are intimately connected to the land. How can we be more cohesive as a planet and less fueled by rapid development and finance? 


I looked around the tent at Terra Madre and saw a lot of electricity and technology being used. Sometimes the lights were on when they didn't need to be. Actually, during the midnight sun there's very little use to have the lights on. In the middle of the night when I was reading - didn't need a light. Something purifying about that much natural light.


Today, my sister, Sheila Pruden's posting on facebook was, "

• Is sad for the land to be flooded by the Lower Churchill Dam in Labrador. Keep filling your pockets and to hell with the consequences.

  6 hours ago ·  · 

  • You like this.

I Would Call This Yoiking

Heard at ITM: "I'm going to yolk this yolk for you."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9hSDWvoZjk&feature=youtube_gdata_player